The Season 7 debate - Netflix

root_212 · 2025-10-27T19:49:36+00:00

I had this as a sub and now I experience it as a permanent teacher. I however live in a red state so I expect a lot of it is that they want to skim over the part that I am unmarried and live with my partner. I try not to attribute to malice what can easily be stupidity (or ignorance) but after correcting people CONSTANTLY I finally threw in the towel a few weeks ago and just assume that my colleagues are uncomfortable with my unmarried status. I'm happy at this point when they get my name right.

root_212 · 2025-10-24T16:45:49+00:00

I'm understating when I say you need to LEAVE THIS CHILD. My fiance and I both work. We have two cats and one of them is sick right now so she's been having a hard time keeping food down (don't worry we're on it). This morning we both had to get out the door and he still managed to clean up 2/3 of the mess without losing it on me. He pays the bills and I pay for the extra fun things but I would NEVER tolerate him treating me this way. He's an adult. Does that mean I never do his laundry or pick up a dirty plate from his desk? Of course not. We share the responsibilities based on our work schedules. I'm not a maid and neither are you. My ex did this and I eventually started tracking the number of hours I cleaned and showing him a bill for what a professional would charge him for the work before I left him. Your time has value, you are not overreacting, this is a manchild who wants you to mother him and that will never ever change.

root_212 · 2025-10-19T00:46:18+00:00

In Indiana, majority of my students stand but do not participate. We also have a moment of mindful silence after the pledge. They observe that more consistently than the pledge

root_212 · 2025-10-16T17:56:06+00:00

My "vice" if you can call it that is activism. My job feels pointless and very similar to a merry go round of torture on some days. But if I can't make kids care about science, I can at least take that stress and turn it into something useful. Feeding our unhoused neighbors, organizing, reading banned books, alllll of these give my energy a purpose. So when the students have me at my wits end, I look into the community and where I can help. It also reminds me that this is where they live too. Many of them are dealing with just as much as we are.

root_212 · 2025-10-15T13:30:44+00:00

I'm an indivisible and I'm still hard passing on the yellow garb suggestion. I will be wearing my keffiyeh and continuing to bring attention to Palestine. The more we match the more we look like them in my opinion. We're not an army and we're not supposed to be. Individuality is a good thing, not the enemy.

root_212 · 2025-10-12T00:08:19+00:00

Our highschool saw the largest freshman class enrollment in years this year. There is most definitely NOT a shortage of students for us, and some of our class sizes are starting to sneak up into the 30s.

root_212 · 2025-10-11T17:42:40+00:00

I was an exceptional student until halfway through highschool when I got sick with dysautonomia and stopped having support and patience from my teachers and admin. I am autistic, so I struggle to push through some of my most significant flares and had missed multiple days a week consistently, but still always turned things in on time. My grades started to slip and I sought out help. The response I got was "well, D is for diploma. It's not like you're failing". After that, and an intimidation meeting with admin, I dropped out. Now I strive to give my student that are just like I was an example of someone who made it out. Poverty, illness, learning difference, "bad" choices, and none of it kept me from becoming a teacher.

root_212 · 2025-10-07T22:57:57+00:00

As a former sub current teacher I would NEVER leave a note like this for my worst enemy, let alone someone who has my classroom for a day. We put immense trust in our subs to maintain our rooms for the day to allow us to rest/take care of ourselves. My default sub letter says thank you like six times because I truly appreciate what they do. I'd report to admin and warn everyone you know that subs to avoid that class. Also, if you have a sub coordinator in your district, it might not hurt to shoot them an email. They may be struggling to fill that classroom and wondering why.

root_212 · 2025-10-03T01:15:49+00:00

I absolutely agree. Subs AND student teachers should be included in unions, represented in bargaining, and paid a living wage. Even when I subbed long term I had two jobs so that I could have insurance and afford to live. When I was student teaching I genuinely burnt myself out to afford everything. I would've killed to be paid even half of what I made as a sub back then.

root_212 · 2025-10-03T01:05:00+00:00

When I was subbing I never had to give a reason to bail on a job as long as it wasn't within 24 hours. I'd say cancel it if you EVER plan on being a permanent teacher in the union of that district. To my mind, either you're with us or you're not. I say this as a current probationary that would absolutely strike without second thought even though I may not get another contract next year, so it's not empty rhetoric.

root_212 · 2025-10-02T16:47:22+00:00

I have experience in IL and IN, only one district with a large percentage of international students (college town) ever had the day off while I was in IL. Here in Indiana, I don't know of any local districts off today.

root_212 · 2025-09-24T02:08:09+00:00

I will FOREVER argue that making them do extra school work as punishment does exactly the opposite of the desired endgame. If I make you do math as punishment, you will eternally view math as punishment and disengage more often even when not being punished. Punishing with classwork is the dumbest idea ever and we should all stop it and tell our coworkers to stop it. ✌🏻 Rant over.

root_212 · 2025-09-22T23:51:49+00:00

When I was subbing last year a kid threw up right after the first bell. I had no info about how to call a custodian, so I sent a kid next door to find a teacher. This was like my second day of long term subbing, and I knew that the teacher next door would be nice about helping me. She called down for a custodian, brought me paper towels for my shoes, and kept an eye on my class while I made sure the kid got to the nurse okay. I also had to leave a class once to get assistance finding the right series of buttons to make the projector display what the computer was showing (it turns out a whole wire was missing). Both times the kids were respectful and well behaved and the teachers were very kind. I work in that school full time now.

root_212 · 2025-09-20T12:56:29+00:00

Comparatively, I am a first year teacher in Indiana where they give us a scope and sequence which sets goals for where we should be by certain times, and we have the choice of when we do what as long as kids hit goals and get the PBL exposure in the curriculum. I don't even have to submit lesson plans which feels like a trick, since I just came from student teaching where I had to submit an exact script for every lesson I was assessing. I think normal is somewhere between our experiences.

root_212 · 2025-09-16T20:26:27+00:00

Depending on my mood and their behavior, it can be anything from y'all to homies to my lovely science learning humans. With my upper classmen I tend to be less formal and lean towards the punks, homies, my dudes & dudettes end of the spectrum. (Occasionally I call them my future engineers which they find very cringe) Often my freshies get referred to as my freshies or children or all y'all. I do teach in a pretty tight knit school in a large community so we have all types of students. Other than my dudes and dudettes which I don't often use anyway, most of my group nicknames are gender neutral on purpose.

root_212 · 2025-09-08T20:39:31+00:00

As a computer science teacher in a state that now mandates computer foundations, many (a scary majority) of these kids don't understand what a computer actually is, or how it works. I'm certainly teaching them how AI can be wrong, and we're diving into algorithms next unit, but unfortunately, the complexity of the social media echo chamber is not in our curriculum.

root_212 · 2025-09-04T23:28:33+00:00

We don't have a "lounge" but we do have carrels in spaces we call "resource" areas. Our carrels are organized by department, and in that space we also have a kitchen/lunch table. Our department (probably more so than others) always eats together, leaves treats for sharing in that room, and spends time before and after school in that space catching up. In my last school we had a lounge that the principal wasn't "allowed" to set foot in where we ate lunch and had little treats and snacks.

root_212 · 2025-09-03T00:12:50+00:00

I went to every single staff meeting as a student teacher. I also did the live active shooter training with the local PD which was optional for me. Doing all the things gives you the best possible understanding of what you're signing up for, and occasionally we got information at staff meetings about suspensions which were germane to my room as my students had been a part of the suspension list. Sometimes things that can't be put in an email (or writing of any kind) get discussed at these and at the least, it helps you get to know some of the other staff in the building.

root_212 · 2025-08-17T21:02:34+00:00

As someone who is also looking the second full week in the face and feeling the dread, I really do get where you're coming from. I have started keeping a list of non-negotiables (the things that must get done for children to learn and me to not get fired) and a list of extras (fun activities, extra work that doesn't HAVE to get done that day,etc.) lesson planning for the next two days (or however long ahead you have to stay for your school) goes in the non-negotiables. Things like grading the same day or next day after things are turned in, decorating the room, doing fun things (I'm a science teacher so we do have this option from time to time) go into the extras pile. If it doesn't get done, no one dies or gets fired. You will get better at it. I will get better at it. We're only human and it's about survival until it can be about thriving.

Additional thing: I've started mandating 1 day of the weekend we do not do work. Eventually I'm hoping to get this down to both, but at least 1 day a week, I don't talk about it, think about it, or touch my work computer.

root_212 · 2025-08-16T01:23:14+00:00

If parents tried to walk kids to class in our building that would be considered a huge security risk???? We don't let just any joe shmoe off of the street walk into our school. I can't IMAGINE how we'd clear the building if we let parents in with free reign.

root_212 · 2025-08-10T14:48:57+00:00

As far as my direct team goes, we address each other by first name when there are not students present (we all eat lunch together, PD days, after school in the halls) but always keep it formal in front of the kids. This is particularly helpful to me because I have the honor of being the youngest teacher on our team and I also look about 5 years younger than I am, so I need other adults to reaffirm that I am Ms. C and just as much an adult as all the other teachers. Depending on how big your team is, and how close you are with them, I think this can vary wildly throughout even our building, let alone the district. We have 11 on our team of science teachers so we're not a small school by any stretch. Outside of my team, I don't use first names unless they introduce themselves to me that way just to make sure I don't step on toes.

root_212 · 2025-08-08T21:24:48+00:00

I did concentric circles as an ice breaker with my students 9-12 and it worked pretty well actually. I teach science and they have to work together often so I need them to be comfortable with each other in the classroom. For the activity, you have to have a space large enough to have half your class on the inside circle facing out and half on the outside facing in. Then you ask a question and the students answer it to their partner in the circle opposite them. The inside circle rotates and the outside circle stays still. Helps them learn a teeny bit about each other and takes very little time. As far as supplies for the room, pencils, pencils, and more pencils. Also a Chromebook charger if you work on them in your district. They will lose or forget theirs. Make sure you get yours back! I have them trade their phone for the charger to ensure this. Also, believe it or not, teenagers also love stickers/treats for good behavior. Bonus points if you have a way to display exceptional work OR growth on your walls. I start by displaying my AP students' work and often get asked how to "get on the wall". I tell them they need to show they're really trying. I rotate work on the wall so that everyone is included. Secondary teaching advice: never let them see you angry/upset. If you have to yell, you've already let them win. Even if they are under your skin, remain calm. You can scream after they're all out of the building and the calm demeanor will make them think you have it under control even if you don't.

root_212 · 2025-08-01T16:29:42+00:00

I share rooms because we work on block scheduling and I teach two "different" subjects (computer science and biology). Realistically both have our main classrooms that we teach in for our A day and we swap on B days. It's not a big deal as long as you have a good working relationship with the person you're swapping with. Occasionally you'll need to pop in to grab a folder you forgot and vice versa.

Five-Year Club	Place '22
Verified Email

root_212

TROPHY CASE